German and Japanese scientists recently collaborated to achieve just such a quantum leap in obliterating the world record for data transmission. In cooperation between Fraunhofer Institute for Telecommunications and Fujitsu, they achieved something really huge. By transmitting a data signal at 2.56 terabits per second over a 160-kilometer link (equivalent to the contents of 60 DVDs) the researchers bettered the old record of 1.28 terabits per second held by a Japanese group. By comparison, the fastest high-speed links currently carry data at a maximum 40 Gbit/s, or around 50 times slower. Can you even imagine leeching at this speed ? 
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